Help! I want to order (online) a Le Creuset dutch oven but need help determining which size will be best. I am cooking for my growing family (4 boys, two of whom are either married or about to be, plus...
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People who make cut-out cookies have so much patience...I have never mastered a successful recipe let alone the technique...However, I am in awe of all the endless shapes & varieties...made of tin, plastic & copper with some leaving detail imprints....
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Everyone can make a chocolate chip cookie but what makes yours better than the rest. Please share a tip or recipe with us... I use half butter half shortening in mine and they turn out nice and soft.......
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Now that Thanksgiving is over - on to holiday baking! My plans include gingerbread, rugelach, ginger cookies, lemon sables, peppermint cookies, pistachio biscotti, and stollen. What are you planning to bake this holiday season? Do you give baked goods as...
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I made shrimp stock tonight and want some good recipes to use it with. I was thinking a risotto but there was some lemon grass used in making the stock so am thinking of a Thai dish as well. Any...
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Thanksgiving brought me a whopper of a cold--runny nose, congestion, sore throat. What food cures the nasty cold best? I need to be well by Tuesday when I fly to Bangkok....
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Well, after all the planning and shopping.....we've finished eating! There were four of us, so we couldn't go too wild with our menu. We had turkey (using a Tyler Florence recipe with maple syrup and bacon), dressing made with sausage,...
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I have always considered "no-bake" or "icebox" cookie recipes to be kid stuff, but on a whim I made these chocolate oat bars, which are just incredible. So now I'm wondering what other good no-bake recipes are out there. Do...
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Inspired by Karen Resta's essay on her grandmother and mother's cooking at Thanksgiving, I was wondering...is Thanksgiving dinner still primarily cooked by women? How many men do all the planning and prep? Any couples share? My husband stays 20 feet...
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If your Thanksgiving table had only one dish on it which would it be?...
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